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State House has tasked telecom regulator, Uganda Communication Commission to investigate Social Media users declaring President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni either very sick or dead. In her press statement, Linda Nabusayi Wamboka, the Senior Presidential Press Secretary, says that the only reason President Museveni is no longer visible is that he

Amidst the growing anxiety and untamed rush to finding an effective remedy for COVID-19, many unsuspecting members of the public in Masaka district are rushing to buy K-COVIDEX, another herbal-based concoction. This comes amidst the warning from the Health Ministry to the public against using unverified medicines in COVID-19 management due

A team of private health service providers came under fire from the COVID-19 Taskforce of parliament for holding the bodies of COVID-19 victims and patients over unpaid bills. Several families whose families have succumbed to COVID-19 have failed to pick their bodies from private facilities because of exorbitant treatment charges.

Ministry of Education has spent huge sums of money in contracts to print learning materials after failing to procure a printing press for the National Curriculum Development Centre, URN has learnt. Contract reports on the COVID19 emergency education response posted on the Ministry of Finance website shows that the Ministry

The government has released funds for the first quarter of the financial year 2021/22, with focus on the health sector and the fight against Covid- 19. The release amounting to 5.673 Trillion Shillings represents 25% of the approved government budget minus external financing, appropriation in aid and public debt.  https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1885173889378683&output=html&h=280&adk=2881184414&adf=1765694914&pi=t.aa~a.3933768198~i.3~rp.1&w=981&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1625640098&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=9833304535&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=981x280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fugandaradionetwork.net%2Fstory%2Fgovt-cuts-spending-by-ugx-2-trillion-as-revenues-fall%3Fmessage%5B%5D%3D2&flash=0&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=200&rw=980&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&dt=1625636498185&bpp=6&bdt=4716&idt=-M&shv=r20210630&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D1c3f6077eeb66525-2291ca8ed0a60068%3AT%3D1613741231%3ART%3D1613741231%3AS%3DALNI_MbaBBTLpm0fp5PtUECMNxN2i8DKPg&prev_fmts=981x490%2C307x250%2C307x250%2C0x0&nras=2&correlator=2831087549907&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=618312862.1602514291&ga_sid=1625636497&ga_hid=371610926&ga_fc=0&u_tz=240&u_his=5&u_java=0&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=15&ady=1355&biw=1349&bih=643&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=21066431%2C31060973%2C31061745%2C31061382&oid=3&pvsid=4212373200693291&pem=196&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fugandaradionetwork.net%2Fstory%2Fgovt-cuts-spending-by-ugx-2-trillion-as-revenues-fall&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=-8%2C-8%2C-8%2C-8%2C1366%2C0%2C1382%2C744%2C1366%2C643&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=3&fsb=1&xpc=vTMhC7F6iy&p=https%3A//ugandaradionetwork.net&dtd=53

The Attorney General has filed a notice of appeal intending to challenge the Constitutional Court ruling against the powers of the Court Martial. Last week, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Court Martial has no powers to try civilians. In a majority ruling of three justices against two, the court

President Yoweri Museveni has asked African countries with support from the United Nations to consider opening up their borders to deal decisively with food insecurity in the region.  Speaking to a UN-Food System virtual summit, Museveni said free access to markets and free movement of goods instead of controls will

The Ministry of Finance has started implementing a presidential directive to increase lunch allowances for nurses and midwives to improve their working conditions. This was revealed as the ministry released the funds for the first quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year, which largely focused on the health sector and more